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Daddy longlegs

Pholcus phalangioides

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Description:

Also known as cellar spider, or skull spider, the latter because of the face-like shape on its abdomen. Is a spider of the family Pholcidae. Females have a body length of about 9 mm; males are slightly smaller. Its legs are about 5 or 6 times the length of its body (reaching up to 7 cm of leg span in females).

Habitat:

On the ceilings of rooms, caves, garages or cellars.
This one lives happily in my house :-)

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Biodiversity in Belgium
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PublishedJuly 3, 2011

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